Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (203) 929-1481 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.4/100, placing it #10577 of 14703 facilities nationally and #146 of 191 in Connecticut. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 7 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 35.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,446. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,446, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 82.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Inc ranks 10577th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CT, it ranks 146th out of 191 nursing homes. In Shelton, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,527 nationally and RN hours rank #12,494 nationally (#183 in CT). Our composite quality score of 64.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Shelton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/connecticut/shelton/